Firstly, understanding the importance of training is very necessary before actually doing the commands. Managing a dog that has been properly trained is so much easier; he is more self-assured and ...

It was a novice dog obedience class, where students were preparing their dogs for the first level of formal obedience competition. They were learning the set of exercises which would hopefully lead to ...

My family’s black Lab is good at reading body language. In my previous world of teaching and research, I would have concluded that Teddy was effective at interpreting nonverbal cues. Over the past ...

Basic commands like “sit,” “down,” or “heel” are usually the first things dogs learn in training. However, there’s another popular command that many owners teach their dogs as puppies—and it’s ...

He’s a well-behaved dog — but only if you speak to him in the right accent. After UK-based couple Jay Shore, 35, and Megan King, 33, brought their 6-month-old Rottweiler puppy Paddy over from Northern ...

It was a novice dog obedience class, where students were preparing their dogs for the first level of formal obedience competition. They were learning the set of exercises which would hopefully lead to ...